Daisy Chain a Phone · Support Portal

If you are looking to hook up your Nextiva handset or device and do not have multiple network connections at your desk or station, you may be able to “Daisy Chain” devices together to get them up and running without a dedicted voice port. If you have a computer at your station, you may be able to set up the phone and computer via one network connection (Ethernet or LAN port), by Daisy Chaining. Please ensure if you are Daisy Chaining to a computer or laptop that it is connected via Ethernet, not Wi-Fi.

First, on the back of your phone, you’ll see a couple of different ports, depending on your phone model. Identify the ports you’ll need to use. You will need the PC and LAN port.

There will be labels marking each port.

Icon/Label	Description
	Wired connection for the computer. PC Port
PC
	Connection to the network. LAN Port
LAN
	Connection for a headset
EHS	Connection for an Electronic Hook Switch for headset control
	Connection for the device handset

First, you’ll want to connect an Ethernet cord from the network connection (router/Firewall) to the Ethernet port (LAN) marked on the back of the phone.

Next, plug a different Ethernet cord into the PC port. This Ethernet cord will connect to the Ethernet port on your laptop or computer.